Quotes from Casey Stengel

I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

I've tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.

What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?

You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.

Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

My health is good enough about the shoulders.

I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.

I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.

The team has come along slow but fast.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might.